An empirical investigation of relationship development in professional business services

Journal of Services Marketing

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 249-260

  Karantinou, Kalipso M ^a   Hogg, Margaret K ^b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECE   (Greece)

^b Lancaster University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business development; Management development; Professional services

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149102924     PISSN: 08876045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08876040910965584     Document Type: Article

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